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Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Read Across America Day & Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

Not only was today the 106th birthday of the phenomenally creative and talented Mr. Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss), it was also Read Across America Day!

My son's class celebrated all day with visits from special guests they dubbed 'Reading Royalty', who had the pleasure of reading their favorite picture book(s) to the kids.

As royalty, of course, we got to wear a paper crown while sitting in the Reading Royalty Chair. We weren't the only ones sporting snappy headgear ... the kids were all wearing paper Cat in the Hat hats they had decorated first thing this morning!

I was the very last Royal Reader of the day, so I decided to read some of my favorite fast-paced, silly, crazy picture books ... including the original "SkippyjonJones" by Judy Schachner and "Do Unto Otters" by Laurie Keller. And, what a joy to be asked to read a third (I had brought plenty to choose from! :-)) ... we chose "Bear Feels Sick" by Karma Wilson.

As we drove home, I asked my son if I had done alright as one of the Reading Royalty. "Oh, yes," he said encouragingly, "you did really great. You had good fluency." :-)

Ah, good fluency is all (smile)! A dear blog friend of mine lives near the Dr. Seuss museum in Mass, and I am the proud owner of (oh dear, is it Elmer the elephant? I am hopeless with names..) a t-shirt from there. Had I known the auspicious occassion, I would have worn it yesterday.

I love the concept behind this also, and am impressed with the drawing.

Hurray for Dr. Seuss, he was such a gift to the world.

Reading Royalty...that's marvelously inventive. The mention of the paper crowns made me think of The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins. You've sent my mind wandering to fun places. Sort of the point of the celebration, really :-)

Did your son do that drawing? It is adorable and well drawn! I’m a big fan of Dr. Seuss. He was featured on NPR’s Writer’s Almanac for his birthday. Seuss is his mother’s maiden name. He was banned from editing and writing his college’s humor journal after an infraction involving gin, but continued publishing his work under that pen name.

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